What Are the Differences between Dimensional and Categorical Models of Individual Differences in Attachment? Reply to Cassidy (2003), Cummings (2003), Sroufe (2003), and Waters and Beauchaine (2003).

Fraley, R. Chris; Spieker, Susan J.

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What Are the Differences between Dimensional and Categorical Models of Individual Differences in Attachment? Reply to Cassidy (2003), Cummings (2003), Sroufe (2003), and Waters and Beauchaine (2003).

Fraley, R. Chris; Spieker, Susan J.

Developmental Psychology, v39 n3 p423-29 May 2003

Discusses four questions concerning commentaries on the taxometric analysis of Strange Situation behavior related to: (1) whether the categorical model of attachment facilitates theoretical and empirical innovations; (2) whether and how a continuum of security fits into the two-dimensional model; (3) the role of types and dimensions in understanding the function and organization of behavior, and (4) whether dimensionality is a null hypothesis in taxometric research. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants, Measurement Techniques, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Research Needs, Research Problems, Security (Psychology), Stranger Reactions, Theories

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